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When Do You Use A Semicolon?
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A semicolon separates two independent clauses (any clause that can stand alone by itself as a sentence) with no connecting words.
You can also use a semicolon when joining two independent clauses with a conjunctive adverb.
e.g. "MacRumors is a great place; the people here are very helpful."
You can also use a semicolon when joining two independent clauses with a conjunctive adverb.
e.g. "I love my school; however, the cafeteria food is terrible."
Yes...MACDRIVE said:WOW, that's really cool! Is the conjunctive adverb 'however'?
Other conjunctive adverbs include:
- furthermore
- moreover
- incidentally
- accordingly
- otherwise
- therefore
etc. etc.
One more thing...
A semicolon can be used to seperate a series of three or more items that contain internal commas.
A semicolon can be used to seperate a series of three or more items that contain internal commas.
e.g. "Apple has retail stores in Los Angeles, California; Albany, New York; Austin, Texas; and Sacramento, California."
Awesome! I used to hate english and punctuation in my younger days, but now it is becoming more like a really cool game.
I love the fact that people know that if they need accurate advice, MR is the place to turn to, whatever the topic.
Semicolons are a much-misunderstood but valuable addition to our arsenal of punctuation.
Some of you may be aware of Never Mind the Full Stops, a rather good grammar-based programme that recently debuted on the BBC over here.
Semicolons are a much-misunderstood but valuable addition to our arsenal of punctuation.
Some of you may be aware of Never Mind the Full Stops, a rather good grammar-based programme that recently debuted on the BBC over here.
Dunepilot said:
That "signs" video reminded me of a sign outside a motel here - "STUDIO S AVAILABLE" where you can clearly see where they deleted the apostrophe